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Schools in Maryland will remain closed through at least May 15, and students in the District of Columbia will finish online instruction — and the academic year — three weeks early, as the region’s leaders emphasized Friday that the…

A nascent effort to reduce penalties on the possession and use of magic mushrooms and other psychedelic plants in D.C. was dealt what seemed like a fatal blow by the coronavirus pandemic — but proponents say they plan on soldiering on,…

While construction is on hold at the site of the old Latham Hotel in Georgetown, the development team is pursuing a new design for a hotel with more rooms.

Public schoolchildren in the District won’t return to class this academic year, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday, extending remote learning for more than 50,000 students in the city school system.

Long hold times, confusion, and a cumbersome website continue to cause annoyance.

evans2020.com was already taken.

This morning, DC's Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) shared how building inspections are being conducted during the current public health emergency.

“I haven’t seen a penny from anyone yet,” says Jamie Branda, the owner of Floriana in Dupont Circle. “I literally don’t know a single owner in the industry who has received a penny either locally or federally.”

Many members of our workforce are experiencing reductions in income as nonessential businesses close due to COVID-19 restrictions. These businesses provided income for those who owned them and who are employed by them. Those who were…

For every sandwich sold, one will be donated to DC-area hospital workers.

Libby Diament has turned her bedroom into what she only half-jokingly calls a “shipping facility.” As the owner and founder of Diament Jewelry, a craft retailer with a brick-and-mortar store at The Wharf in D.C., she’s now working from her…

The only way to beat the coronavirus is for everyone to adhere to the stay-at-home orders. I don’t want to lose my job, but I feel the category of “essential” personnel is far too broad.

Nonprofit organizations across the D.C. metro region are being relied on now more than ever, and that’s especially true of nonprofits whose mission is to serve those at the greatest risk of infection from COVID-19.

“Nothing we can do will make up for being open, we’re obviously taking a huge hit.” said Bruce Gates Pearl, co-owner of Pearl Street Warehouse.

The union representing D.C. correctional officers has filed suit in D.C. Superior Court against the city’s Department of Corrections, claiming that the agency is actively putting correctional officers at deadly risk from exposure to the…

On the first day of April, five workers and one patient in the District’s only public psychiatric hospital had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Mike Buchanan, whose coverage of crime in the D.C. region included some of the biggest stores over three decades, has died. He was 78 years old.

The District has had years of economic growth that has produced budgets that saw surpluses, but with the coronavirus pandemic looming, city leaders say deep cuts in the upcoming budget are likely.

Norton Holds Virtual Town Hall

The participatory archive project aims to document life in DC during Covid-19.